Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,973, Patrick Dixon, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn
Dixon, Patrick or Dixson
NUMBER
R. 2973
Mary
CONTENTS

let to Andw. Wylie Jr, June 21. 1849.
3592
Pittsburgh Agency
Patrick Dixon
of Beaver Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't commanded by Col Stewart in the Pennsylvania line for 1 year 9 months, Private - $70. -
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 70 Dollars per per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Dec r . 1832 and sent to Pension Pittsburgh Pa Washington Co Ohio
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 - $105.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 - 35.00
$140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Vial Luce Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 Page 192

Admitted
29 May 1820
Patrick Dawson

State of Ohio Franklin County
Personally came before me Benjamin Armstrong a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid
William M c Mullin who being of lawful age and was duly sworn According to law deposeth and saith that Patrik Dickson served one year and nine Months in the Revolutionary war in the State Regiment of Pennsylvania and was enlisted under Captain Peoples who was killed in the battle of Long Island and then he served the balance of his time under Capt. Scott who was formerly Lieut. of Pennypack and also Joseph Brownlee was Lieut under Capt. Scott and said Dickson received his discharge from Colonel Walter Stewart at the Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania and further this deponent saith not
William M c Mullin
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 6 day of Oct. 1819
Benj e Armstrong
from a long personal acquaintance I do hereby certify that the above named William M c Mullin is a man of a good moral character and full faith and credit may be placed in his dis- cretion I have been acquainted with him about twenty years
Benj e Armstrong

The State of Ohio George Runyan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Armstrong Esq. whose signature appears to the affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeable to the laws of said State and as such his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office at Warren the 15 th day of October 1819 Geo. Runyan
Rev. Mr. Miller J. P. Johnson

County of
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on this 11 th day of May 1819. before me the Subscriber one of the special Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appeared Patrick Dixon aged Seventy one years resident in Beaver County in Said Commonwealth who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that he the Said Patrick Dixon en- -listed for the term of one year and nine months in the Spring of 1776. in Cumberland County in Pennsylvania, in the Company commanded by Captain John Peoples in the regiment commanded by Col. Walter Stuart in the Pennsylvania line on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in Said Corps or in the Service of the United States untill his term expired he was disch- -arged from Service by Col. Walter Stuart, that he was in the Battles of Long Island and Trenton in Jersey and Brandywine in Pennsylvania, that he was wounded in the hand at Brandywine Battle, that he is much deple and in very reduced circumstances and stands in great need of the assistance of his Country for Support, and that he has no other evidence [but a part of his discharge which is surely intelligible] now in his power, and that he never received any Pension from either the Governments of the United States or Pennsylvania
Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid.
his Patrick Dixon mark
David Drennan
The above applicant Patrick Dixon made application to me and I took his deposition the 16 th day of April 1818. and transmitted it to the war office, and it was returned for want of the necessary Certificate —
David Drennan
Patrick Dixon Private 46 to 77 Hessian Pennsylvania Jas. P.
not on roll Proof of Service transferred - J. M. G. will certify to the correctness of the witness

I David Drennan associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Patrick Disson did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one time on the Continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 11 th day of May 1819
David Drennan
Pennsylvania Beaver county ss
I Thomas Henry Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, etc. in and for said County do certify that David Drennan Esquire who took the foregoing deposition was at the time of taking the same and continues to be one of the Judges of the Court of said County of Beaver duly commissioned & sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Beaver the 2 d day of July Anno Domini 1819
Thos Henry Proth.

County to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Personally came before me the Subscriber one of the Jges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Deer James Riley and being duly sworn according to law Deposith and saith that he is and was personally acquainted with Patrick Dixon an Inlisted Soldier in Captain William Peaples Company in Colonel Miles Regiment in the Pennsylvanian line on the Continental establishment that he thinks it was in the Spring 1776 when Dixon was Inlisted for one year and nine months; that Said Deponant was an Inlisted Soldier in Said Company and for Said term that Said Patrick Dixon served to the end of the term of his enlistment in Said Corps and was dis- charged from Service the same day deponant was at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania by Colonel Walter Stewart in February 1778 that he was well acquainted with Said Dixon the whole of his servitude and he served faithfully until his discharge &c
Sworn and Subscribed this 18 th of October 1819 David Drennan James Riley
I do certify that James Riley the above deponant is a man of a respectable character and warranty David Drennan

14.0883 Dixon
Mary Dixon da widow of Patrick Dixon Pennsylvania.
2976
Atty July 2838

State of Pennsylvania Beaver County 3/11
On this third day of September, A.D. 1849, personally appeared be- fore the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Bea- ver and State of Pennsylvania, William B. Dixon, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged fifty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows." That Mary Dixon was the widow of Patrick Dixon, who was a private in the Revolutionary war. He further declares that the said Mary Dixon was married to the said Patrick Dixon, on the first day of September in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, that her husband, the aforesaid Patrick Dixon, died on the eleventh day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty two; that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place prior to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz at the time stated. He further declares that the said Mary Dixon, survived her said husband, and died on the twenty second day of January eighteen hundred and thirty nine; that the said Patrick Dis- on was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, under the act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum; and that his name was in- scribed on the rolls of the Pittsburgh Pension Agen- cy; that he resided in Beaver County in the State of Pennsylvania, where he died as above stated, that the pension due the widow was not paid, after the death of her said husband. That the applicant is the only surviving child of the said Mary Dix-

on, by her said husband, and that the said Mary Dixon, was not married a second time; and at her death left no other child by her said husband, then your petitioner, nor the issue of any such child, who has died in her lifetime.
Sworn and submitted the days and years afore said John Collins, Pro { sign } William B. Dixon
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the foregoing affidavit contains a just and true statement of facts.
I John Collins, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William B. Dixon for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of September A.D. 1849
John Collins Pro

State of Pennsylvania Beaver County } Pet
I John Collins Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas at Beaver in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Patrick Dixon, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States was a resident of the County of Beaver in the State of Pennsylvania, died in the County of Beaver in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year eighteen hun- dred and thirty two, on the eleventh day of November; that he left a widow Mary Dixon and one child, whose name is William B. Dixon; and no other child or children, nor the issue of any child or children who had died in his lifetime; that Mary Dixon the said Widow of the said Patrick Dixon, died in the County of Beaver, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine, on the twenty second day of January; leaving the said William B. Dixon, the only surviving child of the aforesaid Patrick Dixon, by her the said Mary, and that she the said Mary did not marry a second time.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Bea- ver this third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine (1849)
John Collins Prothon.

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Patrick Dixon was born October the 11 th in the year 1751
John Dixon was born December the 22 nd at 10 O'clock in the year 1792
William Bleakney Dixon was born June the 28 th in the year 1790
John Dixon Family John Dixon was born January the 7 th in the year of our Lord 1818
David Boies Dixon was born August the 2 nd in the year of our Lord 1818
James Dixon was born October the 3 rd at Elizabeth O'clock in the evening in the year of our Lord 1827
Thomas Kennedy Dixon was born the 31 st day of January 1825
William Dixon Was born the 21 st day of November 1826
BIRTHS.
Mary Dixon was born May the 1 st in the year 1753
Martha Dixon was born December the 20 th in the year of our Lord 1790
Mary Bleakney was born June the 7 th in the year of our Lord 1821
Elizabeth ... was born ... in the year of our Lord 1823

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Patrick Dixon and Mary Beakney was Married the 1 st of September in the year of our Lord 1789
MARRIAGES.
William Boy Dixon and Martha Bois was Married June the 8 th in the year of our Lord 1812
John G. Dixon and Elizabeth Gilmore was Married February the 4 th in the year of our Lord 1837

14088 Mary Dixon's del widow of Patrick
Pennsylvania
Rejected
See L. G. St. April 1830 I. G. Berrut,
(widow was not living at the date of the joint Resolution of 16 Augt 1842)
Act 7 July 1838

17.263 R Pennsylvania
Patrick Disson Esq.
of Beaver Co. in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stuart of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of one year & nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of May 1820 and sent to David Drennan Esq. Beavertown, Beaver County Pa.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1820 — $ 181-03
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep r 1820, 48—
22 mo 15/30 4/30 $229-03
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Washington D.C. June 19 th 1899
Mr. Edwards Esq. Counselor of Pensions,
Sir
Patrick Dixon a Revolution- ary Pensioner died in Beaufort County Penn a on the 11 th of November 1832, leaving a widow to whom he was married Sept er 1 st 1889, and two children.
The widow died 22 Jany 1839 leaving but one of the children surviving, who is the sole heir of his father and mother.
Please let me know whether this heir is not entitled to the arrears of pension that were payable but not paid to his mother subsequently to the father's death; and if so, how much he is entitled to receive and you will much oblige
Yours Of t Serv t
Andrew Wykifz

Washington 28 Jany 1850
Hon: H. Edwards,
Sir,
Please find enclosed the Application of Mary Dixon, and Widow of Patrick for Pension under the act of 7 July 1838.
Certificate to be made payable at Pittsburgh. Pa.
With great respect Yr Hon. Servt
J. G. Burd

Deposition of Adam Hope taken October 16 th 1849 Deponent says he first became acquainted with Patrick Dixon & Mary his Wife in 1805 and was well acquainted with them until their death from that time. Deponent further says they were both respectable members of Society & that they lived together during the whole of the said time as Man & Wife & were always reputed as such and further deponent saith not Adam Hope
Deposition of William Miller Esq. taken the above date
Deponent says he became acquainted with Patrick Dixon & Mary his Wife in the year 1806 and remained acquainted with until their deaths & further that they were both respectable members in the Associate Chur- ch & that lived together during all that time as man and Wife & were reputed as such & further deponent saith not
William Miller Deposition of Matthew Kennedy taken on the above date Deponent says that previous to 1813 he had a partial acquaintance with Patrick Dixon & Mary his Wife from 1813 Deponent says he was intimately acquainted with them until their decease & further that they were respectable members of Society & that during that time they lived together as Man and Wife & were reputed as such
Matthew Kennedy
Laurens County ss The above Depositions were sworn and subscribed before the subscribers a justice of the Peace in and for said County this 16 th of October 1849 given under my hand and seal
Thomas Dunyan J. P.

Lawrence County ss
I John Reynolds Prothonotary and clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County that Thomas Dungan Esquire before whom the forego- -ing deposition were taken is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace duly qualified for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given and further that the signature to said Certificate is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 17 th day of October 1849
J. Reynolds
Pro se
Thomas Dungan J. O. D.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2973
aw
P. O. _____
Mary Dixon
Service: _____
widow of Patrick
Test: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Pages: _____
Enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Patrick Dickson
Direct to Petersburg Post Office, Columbiana County Ohio
old care
(Pittsburgh Agnew)
Admitted Private 1 yr 9 mo. 70.
Patrick Dickson Petersburg Columbiana Co. Ohio

State Pennsylvania County of Beaver
On this 24 day of September 1832. Personal appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Beaver. Patrick Dixon a resident of North Beaver Township in the county of Beaver and the State of Pennsylvania aged Eighty seven years, who being first sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision the made by the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 March 1818, his name was inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the Pennsylvania Agency. The 30th day of May 1820. That his name was struck from the same after which That he was a private in the Regiment in the Pennsylvania line under the command, first of Col. Colonel Miles. and afterwards of Gen. Col. John Monroes That at the time of his first application as above stated he was and yet remains a resident inhabitant of North Beaver Township in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pen- sion roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid John M. Miskel Patrick Dixon mark
We certify that we have been long acquainted with the above declarant Patrick Dixon. and so far as known to us he has sustained an unimpeachable character for truth. Certified under our hands this 24 th day of September A.D. 1832
John Clarke
John Miskel
I certify that the above deponent Patrick Dixon is on account of great bodily infirmity and debility unable to attend court, certified under my hand and seal the 24 th day of September A.D. 1832
John M. Miskel

Beaver County Pa State of Pennsylvania
I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that John Kirkett Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time of taking the said deposition an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Beaver and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal the 16th day of October 1832
James Logan

State of Pennsylvania County of Dauphin On the 24 day of September 1832 Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in for the County of Dauphin. Patrick Dickson who being sworn according to law doth on his solemn oath say that he is the identical Patrick Dickson named in the within application and further saith not  Sworn and subscribed to the day and year Patrick Dickson James M. [unclear]
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by the President of the Bank U.S. in Philadelphia,
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate. "Payable to the 4th of March 1820, but thereafter no payment can be made before exhibiting a schedule of property."
Registered, by J. H. [unclear] Clerk, in book B, volume 4th page 83

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Patrick Dixson, late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Pennsylvania, Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the fifteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 30 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Washington City Jan'y. 25. 1850
I hereby certify that I was present and witnessed the cutting of the annual record from the family Bible of Patrick Dickson deceased, now in the possession of his son William B. Dixon.
J. B. Guthrie
Mr. Guthrie, the person who made the above certificate, is  the  agent for paying Pensions at Pittsburgh and is a gentleman of high character
J. B. Guthrie 4 apl. 1850